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nus, naʊsnous

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  1. nousnoun

    common sense

    "she has great social nous"

    Synonyms:
    mind, head, psyche, brain

  2. mind, head, brain, psyche, nousnoun

    that which is responsible for one's thoughts and feelings; the seat of the faculty of reason

    "his mind wandered"; "I couldn't get his words out of my head"

    Synonyms:
    learning ability, idea, thinker, heading, promontory, psyche, school principal, wit, mind, head teacher, brainpower, intellect, question, mental capacity, fountainhead, encephalon, point, head, top dog, mentality, creative thinker, brain, headland, mastermind, brainiac, header, genius, headspring, foreland, pass, chief, headway, judgment, read/write head, judgement, drumhead, head word, forefront, capitulum, oral sex, principal, caput, straits, soul

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  1. List of paraphrases for "nous":

    we, us

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How to use nous in a sentence?

  1. President Pierre Nkurunziza:

    Qu'elles soient fabriquées ou réelles, les questions du présent ne doivent jamais nous faire oublier les silences du passé.

  2. Charles de LEUSSE:

    We speak by the mouth ; lovers by the lips. (Nous parlons par la bouche ; Amoureux par les lèvres)

  3. Charles de LEUSSE:

    All stones are close to us. The last is behind us. (Toutes les pierres sont près de nous. - La dernière est derrière nous.) [Fables1, The Bird and its Sun / L’Oiseau et son Soleil]

  4. Charles de LEUSSE:

    It was nice to kill time. But the time buries us before... (On a beau tuer le temps, - Il nous enterre avant)

  5. Charles de LEUSSE:

    When Jealousy consumes us, we are it dish of the Day. (Jalousie nous dévore. Nous sommes son plat du jour)


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